Improvement in combs



t, dell i /filtw @wat l ,-HENRY M. PAINE, OFF NEWARK, NEV JE RSE Y.

Leners Patent No. 88,582, dated ,115ml4 6, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makingpart o! the sama W To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRYv M. PAINE, of the city of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Toilet-Comb; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. i

The object of my invention is First, the production of a toilet-comb, of a durable and cleanly material; and,

Second, a comb whose teeth are so arranged as to induce galvanic action on the scalp when in Vcontact therewith.

The back of the comb, A, Figure l, is tubular, with a longitudinal aperture, as seen at B, Figure 2, which is a cross-section of A, fig. 1.

The teeth, C, Figure 3, are cnt by dies, so as-to lit exactly in the tube A and its aperture-B.

The teeth are cnt from' a compound plate, made by soldering a plate of German silver and zinc together.

The several parts of the comb being ready, it is pnt together in the following manner:

A stud, D, Figure 4, is soldered rmly on one end of the tube A. v"lhen a tooth is slid down the tnbe in contact with the stud. On the tooth, a lead Washer, E is rammed, and so a toot-h and washer. in their order, as shown in the exaggerated longitudinal cross-section, fig. 4, till the desired length is obtained, when another stud, F, is soldered in its place, while the whole series is rmly pressed together.

The teeth should be placed in the order in which they are shown in tig. 4, where the white represents the position, and the band, the-negative portions ofthe teeth.

I do not -conne myself to the nse of the met-als herein designated, but any others may be used, whose con'ibinations will evolve currents under the same conditions. Neither is it imperative that the metals be soldered together, but as zinc has little elasticity', I have, in this instance, unit-ed it with the silver.

l-Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A comb, whose teeth are composed of silver and zinc, or equivalent metals, for producing galvanic effects, substantially as herein set forth.

HENRY M. PAINE.

lVitnesses:

Roa JAGGARD, SAML SM1TH. 

